have someone's head
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have someone's head (third-person singular simple present has someone's head, present participle having someone's head, simple past and past participle had someone's head)
- (idiomatic, figurative) To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.
- Synonyms: have someone's guts for garters, have someone's hide, tan someone's hide
- The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake.
- (literal) To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation.
- The tyrant would have their heads for their temerity.
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See also[edit]
- have someone's back (nearly antonymous)
References[edit]
- “have someone's head”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.